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Questions and Answers: 2017

Question: I am wondering if you can identify this groundcover. It is growing on top of a large boulder that was …

  • Question

    I am wondering if you can identify this groundcover. It is growing on top of a large boulder that was inaccessible for up close observation. The This was in a very shady situation on Cape Ann Ma, no visible flowers

    Answer

    brucepiper40, good morning. It looks to be a species of Fallopia (bindweed), a native member of the knotweed family. I can't see the stipules well in the image (as they are blurry), but what I can see suggests this is Fallopia cilinodis (fringed bindweed). Best wishes.